2019 World Series of Poker

After a very long 13 hours of grinding, play has stopped for Day 1 of Event #30: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. There were many ups and downs, and so many players hit the rail but 360 of the 1,527 total players still remain and they'll return for Day 2 on Thursday, 13th June.

Stefan Ivanov bagged an impressive chip count of 386,000, getting most of it in the last hour of play. Ivanov was put to the test with a set of queens and had to get the clock called on him before he made the right decision of calling for the rest of his chips, doubling his 110,000 stack. The final hand of the night was an epic one for Ivanov as he busted a player by making a straight in a pot containing over 200,000 chips.

Some other big stacks to finish the night were Luis Zedan (374,000), and Joseph Sabe (330,000). Many notables in the field today made it through to Day 2 including Dan Shak (126,000), Jesse Sylvia (56,000), and Greg Fishberg (98,000)

Some notables who were in the tournament but not fortunate enough to make Day 2 included Kristen Bicknell, Alex Foxen, and Chance Koruth.

The field of 360 remaining players will restart Thursday at 2:00 p.m in the Amazon Room and they will play a total of 10 levels with a 15-minute break every two levels, plus a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16, at approximately 6:30 p.m. The prize pool total amounted to $1,374,300 with $236,673 for first and a total of 229 players getting paid.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to bring you all the coverage throughout the event.

Stefan Ivanov and his opponent put in 51,000 each before the flop, The flop came and the two players put in around another 60,000 all in, putting his opponent at risk.

Stefan Ivanov:
Oppenent:

Ivanov was behind and the on the turn didn't change anything, but the on the river gave Ivanov the nut-straight to eliminate his opponent and win a monster pot to finish the night off.

After a series of raises on the flop of and about 15,000 in the middle, the opponent of Stefan Ivanov had raised enough to put Ivanov at risk of being eliminated. The clock was called and with one second left, Ivanov threw the chips in the middle to call his 98,000.

Stefan Ivanov:
Opponent:

Ivanov took his time but eventually made the right call with a set of queens. The turn was the and the river was the changing nothing and Ivanov got a massive double up.

Anatolli Zyrin started the action off by raising the button to 4,000, the small blind re-raised to 12,000 and the big blind mucked before Zyrin made the call.

The dealer fanned a flop of , and Zyrin called the small blind's bet of 20,000. The turn was the and the small-blind check-folded to Zyrin's bet of 38,000, awarding Zyrin a decent sized pot.

All the remaining players have reached the final 20-minute break of the night before they play their final level.

All of the chips went in preflop and the two hands were tabled.

Steve Ma:
Opponent:

The flop came , Giving Ma a sweat, but the on the turn and the on the river were nothing for him to be worried about. Ma took the pot